Re: [libmicrohttpd] Any suggestions on authentication for web clients to communicate with microhttp to manage multiple Linux servers with single /etc/shadow file

[Christian Grothoff]

Dear Forrest,

Your question is both off-topic for libmicrohttpd, and impossible to 
answer as there are complex trade-offs that depend too much on the 
context in which your solution is used, so one cannot even make a good 
recommendation without understanding your requirements a lot better. And 
as I said, doing so is off-topic for this list.

Best regards,

Christian

On 1/31/24 04:20, lingweicai via libmicrohttpd wrote:
> Dear experts:
>
>
> I am to develop a web GUI with microhttpd as backend on a Linux Server 
> as center node to manage/access multiple Linux servers as branches. I 
> want to use one authentication system for all the servers, such as one 
> set of /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group on center node by copying 
> these file to branches nodes. Alternatively,  I am also consider to 
> deploy LDAP ( have not deployed )  for web clients accessing 
> center/branches hosts.
>
>
> I know cockpit can manage Linux server with users from web GUI as a 
> system user of Linux, by using PAM.
>
>
> Any suggestions on my questions :
>
>
>  1.
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>     which is better,  one user password system or LDAP ?
>
>  2.
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>     Is PAM is good choice ?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Forrest Weicai Ling
>
>
>
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